Necktie holder



July 21, 1931. A. w. LINDQUIST 1,815,477

NECKTIE HOLDER Filed A 511 18, 1931 INVEN TOR.

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Patented July 21, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALBERT W. LINDQUIST, OF PROVIDENCE, IR-HODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO FREEMAN- DA'UGHADAY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND NECKTIE Application filed April 18,

This invention relates to a necktie holder, and has for its object to'provide a construction which may be formed into ornamental shape such as by bending operations, and which is provided with a roll on one of a pair of arms or jaws to afford less resistance in being moved to attaching position to grip the shirt and tie of the wearer.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved mounting for a roll or the like in one of the jaws of the holder member by which the same may be more easily operated. a

A further object of the invention is the provision of a roll which may be more inexpensively formed and mounted without the drilling of a bore therethrough.

vA still further object of the invention is the provision of one of the jaws of a width materially greater than the other jaw to assist in guiding the holder into working position.

With these and other objects and advantageous features in view, the invention cohsists of a novel arrangement of parts more fully disclosed in the detailed description following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and more particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view of the necktie holder;

Fig. 2 is a to plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a si e elevation;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Figure 1;

gig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 3; an

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the roll alone.

In the use of necktie holders, it is found desirable to provide one of the jaws with anti-friction means such as a roll that may freely rotate to permit the holder to be more easily positioned to grip the shirt and tie for holding the tie in desired position; it is also. desirable to make the holder from wire and bend the same into ornamental shape, and I have combined these two desirable features by bending a wire once upon itself and then 59 again to form opposed jaws with one of the HOLDER 1931. Serial no. 531,143.

jaws having widely spaced wire portions and shorter than the other jaw, and the other jaw having more closely spaced wire portions, and in so doing, I have made the shorter arm generally in heart-shape with its'end portions bent into the opening between the more widely spaced wire portions of the arms, and these end portions themselves formed into bearings which are spaced to receive trunnions extending from opposite ends of a roll; and the following is a detailed description of the present embodiment of this invention, illustrating the preferred means by which these advantageous results may be accomplished.

Wih reference to the drawings, and for the purposes of description, the holder may be considered as formed from a length of wire folded upon itself as at 10 intermediate its ends, and then again folded as at 11 upon itself to provide opposite jaws 12 and 13, each'formed of two longitudinally extending wire portions. The portions 14 of the longer jaw 12 are relatively closely spaced as by a hair pin bend as at 10 and gradually approach each other until in contact as at 15 adjacent the fold 11 between the jaws 12 and 13. The opposite jaw 13 has wire portions 16 widely spaced and for-med generally into a heart-shape converging into contact with each other as at 17 adjacent the fold 11 between the jaws 12 and 13 and opposite the contacting portions 15.

The portions 16 are rolled inwardly as at 17 from their wider spaced portions as at 18 into contact with each other as at 19, and are thence spread outwardly as at 20 and rolled into loops or eyes 21 to provide bearings, the same being held in this position by means of a band 22 embracing the contacting portion 19 thereof.

A roll 23 has trunnions 24 extending from each end thereof and rotatably supported in the bearings 21. On the ends of these trunnions there are provided heads 25 to prevent accidental removal.

,- The roll 23 is of a width to contact with both portions 14 of the jaw 12 and is pressed thereagainst by means of the inherent resiliency of the'stock at the folded end 11 of tion forms which embody the principles of my invention, it is obvious that other desired changes in arrangement may be made within the spirit and the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A necktie holder comprising a length of resilient wire folded upon itself to form opposed gripping jaws, one of said jaws terminating in spaced loops, a roll mounted between said loops and provided with trunnions extending therefrom for rotation in said loops, said roll having contact with the opposite jaw.

2. A necktie holder comprising a length A of resilient wire folded upon itself to form opposed gripping jaws, one of said jaws terminating 1n spaced loops, a roll mounted between said loops and provided with integral trunnions extending therefrom for rotation in said loops, heads on said trunnions on the outer side of said loops, said roll having contact with the opposite jaw.

3. A necktie holder comprising a length of resilient wire folded upon itself, the doubled portion being again folded back upon itself forming opposed jaws of unequal length each having a pair of wire port-ions, one of said jaws provided with a pair of spaced loops, and a roll having trunnions extending from the opposite ends thereof into said loops, said roll having contact with the opposite 4. A necktie holder comprising a length of resilient wire folded upon itself, the doubled portion being again folded back upon itself forming opposed jaws of unequal length each having a pair of wire portions, the longer jaw having the wire portions relatively closely spaced throughout their length, the shorter jaw having its wire portions relatively widely spaced with its free ends spaced and bent into loop shape to form bearings and contacting with each other adjacent thereto, and a roll having trunnions mounted in said bearing portions.

5. A necktie holder comprising a length of resilient wire folded upon itself, the doubled portion being again folded back upon itself forming opposed jaws of unequal length each having a pair of wire portions, the longer jaw having the wire portions relatively closely spaced throughout their length, the shorter jaw having its wire portions relatively widey spaced with its free ends spaced and bent into loop shape to form bearings and contacting with each other adjacent thereto, a

band embracing said contacting portions to hold said hearings in spaced relation, and a roll having trunnions mounted in said hearing portions, said roll contacting withboth wire portions of the lon er jaw for gripping a piece of fabric place therebetween.

6. A necktie holder comprising a length of resilient wire folded upon itself, the doubled portion being again folded back upon itself forming opposed jaws of unequal length each having a pair of wire portions, the longer jaw havin the wire portions relatively closely spaced t roughout their length, the shorter jaw having its wire portions relatively widely spaced with its free ends spaced and bent into loop shape to form bearings and contacting with each other adjacent thereto, a band embracing said contacting portions to hold said bearings in spaced relation, a. roll having trunnions mounted in said bearing portions, and enlarged ends on said trunnions to hold them in position, said roll contacting with both wire portions of the longer jaw for gripping a piece of fabric placed t-herebetween.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ALBERT W. LINDQUIST. 

